Turkey women's national football team

The Turkey women's national football team represents Turkey in international women's football. The team was established in 1995, and compete in the qualification for UEFA Women's Championship and the UEFA qualifying of FIFA Women's World Cup.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Turkey national football team.

Turkey
Nickname(s)Crescent Stars (Ay-Yıldızlılar)
AssociationTurkish Football Federation
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachNecla Güngör Kırağası
CaptainDidem Karagenç
Most capsEsra Erol (55)
Top scorerYağmur Uraz (22)
FIFA codeTUR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 66 3 (18 December 2020)[1]
Highest54 (March 2017)
Lowest72 (December 2006)
First international
 Turkey 0–8 Romania
(Istanbul, Turkey; 8 September 1995)
Biggest win
 Turkey 9–0 Georgia
(Adana, Turkey; 23 November 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Turkey 1–12 Germany
(Istanbul, Turkey; 14 February 1999)
Turkey attacking Belarus with Bilgin Defterli on 17 September 2014.
Turkey's attack being stopped by Sara Däbritz (white/black) of Germany at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 match on 8 April 2016.

The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) is the sports organizing body responsible for forming the women's teams in four age categories as the women's national A team, the women's U-19 national team, the girls' U-17 national team and the girls' U-15 national team.[2] The women's U-19 national team was formed firstly in 2001, and participate at qualifications for the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. The girls' U-17 national team was founded in 2006. They play in the qualifications of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. Established in 2009 with the main objective to develop players for future, the girls' U-15 national team take part at the Youth Olympic Games and various tournaments.[2]

History

The first recorded international match of the Turkey women's national team was the friendly game against Romania held at Zeytinburnu Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey on 8 September 1995, which ended in a 0-8 defeat for the Turkish nationals.[3] The team took part at the UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying round and debuted in the away match against Hungary on 4 October 1995, losing 0-6.[4]

The nationals won their first match against Georgia at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification round on 25 September 1997 after eleven losses.[5]

The biggest loss of the Turkey women's national team was against Germany with 1-12 in a friendly match on 14 February 1999.[6] The team's biggest win was with 9-0 against Georgia at the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying match on 23 November 2006.[7]

The women's national team were not formed in the years 2003, 2004 and 2005 because the women's football in Turkey was suspended during this period.[8][9]

Team image

Nicknames

The Turkey women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Crescent Stars (Ay-Yıldızlılar)".

Home stadium
Turkey women's national team (red/black) vs Estonia (blue/black) in the friendly match at TFF Riva Facility on 7 April 2018.

Turkey play their home matches on TFF Riva Facility, a facility of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) for camp and training purposes of all Turkey national football teams. It is located in Riva, Beykoz district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.

Results and fixtures
Main article: Turkey women's national football team results
  • The following is a list of match results in the last international official tournament, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Void or Postponed   Fixtures

HostDateOpponentResultScorers
UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying – Group A
 Kosovo30 August 2019 KosovoL 0–2
 Netherlands3 September 2019 NetherlandsL 0–5
 Turkey4 October 2019 EstoniaD 0–0
 Turkey8 October 2019 SloveniaL 1–6Kara
 Turkey8 November 2019 NetherlandsL 0–8
 Slovenia18 September 2020 SloveniaL 1–3Hız
 Turkey23 October 2020 KosovoD 0–0
 Russia27 October 2020 RussiaL 2–4Arhan, Karagenç[10]
 Estonia27 November 2020 EstoniaW 4–0Türkoğlu, Civelek, Hız, Uraz
 Turkey1 December 2020 RussiaL 1–2Arhan

All-time records

As of 11 November 2019[11]

The following table shows Turkey women's all-time international record:

Period Pl W D L GF GA
1995–2019101331157156264

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff
Position Name
Head coach Necla Güngör Kırağası
Director of football development Oğuz Çetin

Manager history
Main article: List of Turkey women's national football team managers
Name PeriodGWDLWin %Notes
Necla Güngör Kırağası 2020–present621333.33

Players

Current squad
  • List contains caps and goals scored in the A-team only.

As of 1 December 2020[12][10]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Fatma Şahin (1990-12-15) 15 December 1990 23 0 Beşiktaş
12 1GK Ezgi Çağlar (1991-07-03) 3 July 1991 13 0 ALG Spor
23 1GK Gamze Nur Yaman (1999-04-25) 25 April 1999 5 0 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
2 2DF Berna Yeniçeri (1996-01-27) 27 January 1996 28 0 Konak Belediyespor
3 2DF Didem Karagenç (C) (1993-10-16) 16 October 1993 50 3 Beşiktaş
4 2DF Dilan Yeşim Taşkın (2001-10-17) 17 October 2001 1 0 Horn
5 2DF Yaşam Göksu (1995-09-25) 25 September 1995 7 0 Konak Belediyespor
14 2DF Büşra Kuru (2001-10-24) 24 October 2001 2 0 1. FFC Niederkirchen
17 2DF İpek Kaya (1994-10-28) 28 October 1994 31 0 Brest
18 2DF Arzu Karabulut (1991-01-30) 30 January 1991 36 4 Fortuna Köln
21 2DF Gülbin Hız (1994-06-11) 11 June 1994 17 3 ALG Spor
6 3MF Derya Arhan (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 8 3 ALG Spor
7 3MF İlayda Civelek (1998-07-06) 6 July 1998 5 1 Ataşehir Belediyespor
8 3MF Emine Ecem Esen (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 19 0 ALG Spor
10 3MF Ebru Topçu (1996-08-27) 27 August 1996 46 11 ALG Spor
13 3MF Birgül Sadıkoğlu (2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 4 0 Konak Belediyespor
15 3MF Seda Nur İncik (2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 0 0 Konak Belediyespor
16 3MF Ece Türkoğlu (1999-04-14) 14 April 1999 16 4 Old Dominion Lady Monarchs
19 3MF Elif Keskin (2002-01-12) 12 January 2002 4 0 Beşiktaş
20 3MF İrem Eren (2000-08-17) 17 August 2000 0 0 Laradeniz Ereğlispor
22 3MF Cansu Nur Kaya (2000-02-28) 28 February 2000 2 0 Pendik Çamlık Spor
9 4FW Melike Öztürk (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 2 0 Ataşehir Belediyespor
11 4FW Yağmur Uraz (1990-02-19) 19 February 1990 37 22 Beşiktaş

Recent call-ups
  • The following players have been called up to the Turkey squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

Records
Main article: List of Turkey women's international footballers

Most capped players
Esra Erol playing for Turkey national in 2014.
  • Players in bold are still active.[13]

As of 27 October 2020

#NamePositionCareerCapsGoals
1Esra ErolDF2001–present558
2Bilgin DefterliFW1999–20145217
3Didem KaragençDF2011–present503
4Çiğdem BelciDF2006–present480
5Ebru TopçuFW2013–present4611
6Fatma KaraMF2009–present454
7Melahat EryurtFW1995–20023918
8Yağmur UrazFW2006–present3722
9Cansu YağMF2006–2016373
10Arzu KarabulutMF2011–present364

Top goalscorers
Yağmur Uraz playing for Turkey national in 2014.
  • Goalscorers with an equal number of goals are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone. Bold indicates still active players.[13]

As of 27 October 2020

#NameCareerGoalsCapsRate
1Yağmur Uraz2006–present22370.59
2Melahat Eryurt1995–present18390.46
3Bilgin Defterli1999–201417520.33
4Seyhan Gündüz1997–200212300.40
5Ebru Topçu2013–present11460.24
6Reyhan Şeker2006–201310210.48
7Esra Erol2001–present8550.15
8Selen Altunkulak2017–present8120.67
9Melike Pekel2017–present7260.27
10Nurhan Çakmak1999–20004100.40
Fatma Kara2009–present4450.09
Arzu Karabulut2011–present4360.11

Scored
PlayerClubAgainstGoalsResultPlaceDate
Melahat Eryurt Dinarsuspor Israel38-0 ISR, Netanya11 February 1998
Yağmur Uraz Konak Belediyespor Georgia36-0 TUR, Trabzon26 February 2015
Selen Altunkulak FC Metz Luxembourg39-1 FAR, Tórshavn8 April 2017
Melike Pekel  FRA Paris Saint-Germain Luxembourg39-1 FAR, Tórshavn8 April 2017

Conceded
GoalkeeperPlayerForGoalsResultPlaceDate
Duygu Yılmaz,
Fatma Şahin		Verónica Boquete Spain31-10 TUR, Istanbul17 September 2011
Fatma ŞahinCosmina Dușa Romania31-7 ROM, Buftea27 October 2011
Fatma ŞahinMartina Müller Germany30-10 GER, Duisburg19 September 2012
Fatma ŞahinToni Duggan England30-8 UK, Portsmouth26 September 2013
Fatma ŞahinJess Fishlock Wales31-5 TUR, Eskişehir4 April 2014
Ezgi ÇağlarOlha Boychenko Ukraine30-8Kiev13 September 2014
Ezgi ÇağlarOksana Yakovyshyn Ukraine30-8 UKR, Kiev13 September 2014
Selda AkgözIsabel Kerschowski Germany30-6 TUR, Istanbul8 April 2016
Selda AkgözLara Prašnikar Slovenia31-6 TUR, İzmit8 October 2019
Fatma ŞahinDaniëlle van de Donk Netherlands30-8 TUR, İzmir8 November 2019

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record
YearResultGPWD*LGFGAGD
1991Did Not Participate
1995Did Not Participate
1999Did Not Qualify6123615−9
2003Did Not Qualify81071027−17
2007Did Not Participate
2011Did Not Qualify82151023−13
2015Did Not Qualify104061231−19
2019Did Not Qualify3201133+10
2023 To Be Determined
Total0/935103225199−48
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games
Summer Olympics record
YearResultGPWDLGFGAGD
1996Did Not Enter-------
2000Did Not Qualify-------
2004Did Not Qualify-------
2008Did Not Qualify-------
2012Did Not Qualify-------
2016Did Not Qualify-------
2020Did Not Qualify-------
Total0/7-------
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European Women's Championship
UEFA Women's Championship record
YearResultGPWD*LGFGAGD
1984Did Not Participate
1987Did Not Participate
1989Did Not Participate
1991Did Not Participate
1993Did Not Participate
1995Did Not Participate
1997Did Not Qualify6006121−20
2001Did Not Qualify62131320−7
2005Did Not Participate
2009Did Not Qualify3201112+9
2013Did Not Qualify10019448−44
2017Did Not Qualify8116324−21
2022Did Not Qualify10127928−19
Total0/1143653241143−102
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. "Kadın Futbolu" (in Turkish). TFF. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  3. "Özel Maç Kadınlar Milli - Türkiye 0-8 Romanya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  4. "Avrupa Şampiyonası 1997 Grup Eleme - Macaristan 6-0 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  5. "Dünya Şampiyonası 1999 Grup Eleme - Gürcistan 0-1 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  6. "Özel Maç - Türkiye 1-12 Almanya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  7. "Avruğpa Şampiyonası 2008 Grup Eleme Türkiye 9-0 Gürcistan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  8. "Kadınlar Milli - A Milli" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  9. "Türkiye'de kadın futbolu daha işin başında". Deutsche Welle (in Turkish). 12 July 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  10. "Russia 4-2 Turkey". UEFA Women's Euro 2022 England. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  11. "Turkey [Women] » Historical results". World Football. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
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